The Ministry of Health has reported just 105 new cases of Covid in the Canary Islands today, with 53 new cases in Gran Canaria, 28 in Tenerife, 11 in Fuerteventura, 11 in Lanzarote, 1 in La Gomera, 1 in El Hierro, and none in La Palma. However, they have also verified four more Covid related deaths (all males), taking the total number of victims to 947 since the pandemic began.
Of the people that lost their lives today, three were in Tenerife and one in Gran Canaria. In Tenerife those that died were aged 26, 50, and 90 years old, while the one from Gran Canaria was 59 years old. All were admitted to hospital after testing positive for the virus, and medical reports show that the 26 and 59-year-old had no previous pathologies or vaccination.
The Incidence rate over 7 days for the Canary Islands has dropped again and now stands at 44.95 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and over 14 days is at 111.03 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In fact, as of today, all the islands have an IA7 under 50 except Fuerteventura as the downward trend continues.
Data for Sunday 5th September 2021:
New cases: 105
Gran Canaria: 53
Tenerife: 28
Fuerteventura: 11
Lanzarote: 11
El Hierro: 1
La Gomera: 1
La Palma: 0
Current Incidence rate (IA7): 44.95
(Cases last 7 days: 978)
Fuerteventura: 64.31
Tenerife: 46.63
Gran Canaria: 44.88
Lanzarote: 43.00
La Gomera: 27.68
El Hierro: 17.94
La Palma: 10.78
Current Incidence rate (IA14): 111.03
(Cases last 14 days: 2,415)
Fuerteventura: 146.99
Tenerife: 120.72
Gran Canaria: 109.87
Lanzarote: 86.64
El Hierro: 80.74
La Gomera: 46.13
La Palma: 29.96
General:
Covid patients in hospital: 355 (+5)
Covid patients in ICU: 65 (-2)
Home isolation: 11,889
R number: 0.81 (needs to be below 1)
PCR test positivity rate: 4.77% (should be below 4.5%)
Deaths last 24 hours: 4
Tenerife: 3 (539)
Gran Canaria: 1 (323)
Total deaths: 947
Vaccination:
Total administered: 3,031,020
Fully vaccinated: 1,559,738 people (79.55%)
One dose: 1,633,515 people (83.31%)
Target: 1,960,774 (population over 12 years old)
Medical Discharges in last 24 hours: 58
Gran Canaria: 25
Tenerife: 22
Lanzarote: 8
La Palma: 3
Fuerteventura: 0
El Hierro: 0
La Gomera: 0
Total Active cases per island:
Total: 12,309
Tenerife: 7,562 (+3)
Gran Canaria: 4,361 (+27)
Fuerteventura: 216 (+11)
Lanzarote: 147 (+3)
La Palma: 11 (-3)
La Gomera: 7 (+1)
El Hierro: 5 (+1)
Municipalities with most active cases in each island:
3,747 in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria)
3,437 in Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
1,355 in La Laguna (Tenerife)
758 in Arona (Tenerife)
546 in Granadilla de Abona (Tenerife)
507 in Adeje (Tenerife)
163 in Santa Lucia de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
159 in Telde (Gran Canaria)
132 in Arrecife (Lanzarote)
127 in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife)
115 in Guia de Isora (Tenerife)
93 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria)
89 in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
57 in La Oliva (Fuerteventura)
49 in San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife)
34 in Santiago del Teide (Tenerife)
10 in Mogán (Gran Canaria)
(Please note this is not all municipalities, it represents the most infected and tourist areas)
